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STAND FOR ‪CHIKESIA CLEMONS:‬ If you called for #BoycottStarbucks over the arrest of the two brothers in Philadelphia, then you must call for #BoycottWaffleHouse and replace it as well after what happened to our sister ‪Chikesia Clemons‬. This is far WORSE. That video is ANGERING. This was domestic terrorism and a public sexual assault at the hands of the Saraland Police Department in Alabama. Black bodies and Black dollars do not matter to these racist White-owned companies so we must #RedistributeThePain by withdrawing any and all support from them. Stop being naive to think that racial bias training will reform a racist Satanic mind. Wake up. There is no way any Black person should ever step a foot back into any Waffle House after this.‬

While watching the video of 25-year-old Chikesia Clemons at a Waffle House in Saraland, Alabama, I realized Chikesia could have easily been me, my friends, or my cousins.

The clip, which circulated on social media yesterday, shows Chikesia sitting in a chair clutching her purse, while three white male police officers surround her, yelling and leaning over her before she’s wrestled to the ground with her breasts exposed. Throughout the incident, she repeatedly asks what she did wrong. “You’re not going to grab on me like that, no,” Chikesia says to one officer. “What are you doing?” Chikesia asks another. “I’ll break your arm, that’s what I’m about to do,” one responds. The other patrons of the Waffle House, mostly white, continue to quietly eat their food.

According to Chikesia’s mother, who spoke with Alabama Local, her daughter and her friend Canita Adams — who filmed the incident — had requested plastic flatware for their to-go meals. They were reportedly told it would cost them an additional 50 cents, and requested the number for their corporate offices to complain. Then, the police were called….

Chikesia may be alive, but she has yet to see justice. The public outcry after last week’s Starbucks incident was swift and loud, resulting in national news stories, boycotts of the ubiquitous chain, and an announcement from Starbucks that it willshutter all of its national storefrontson May 29 for racial bias training. But so far, the public response on Chikesia’s behalf has been far more quiet. There’s been less media coverage, and Waffle House has released just a single statement essentially telling us all to “wait and see,” as though the video didn’t show plenty. Will America allow the suffering of Black women to go unchecked, when we are leading the fight for so many others? Want to thank Black women for defeating Roy Moore? For voting against Donald Trump? Protect us. Support us. Demand justice for Chikesia.

Two Black men wrongly arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia for Sitting While Black?!?

The woman who filmed and tweeted this video, said: “@Starbucks The police were called because these men hadn’t ordered anything. They were waiting for a friend to show up, who did as they were taken out in handcuffs for doing nothing. All the other white ppl are wondering why it’s never happened to us when we do the same thing.”

I tweeted and posted on instagram, “Philly: It would seem to me that the best way to #BoycottStarbucks is to support @marclamonthill’s @UncleBobbies Coffee and Books and any other Black-owned spot in the city. Go there daily and do a BUYCOTT! Located at 5445 Germantown Ave.”

Well, just be sure to support your nearest BLACK-OWNED coffee shop today and every day.

Seven years ago, I left a lucrative position at a major pharmaceutical company to step out on faith and pursue my passion of helping people achieve a more optimal state of health.

Fountain Medical Associates ( http://www.fountainmedonline.com/) opened in 2010 and as the name suggests, we guide people to a fountain of youth that is only realized with a healthy lifestyle that includes nutritious foods, regular physical activity, and the avoidance of toxic chemicals and toxic stress. We’ve been successful helping our patients gain control of chronic medical conditions or take early action to avoid these conditions. The extra time we take to make sure our patients have the tools they need to live a healthy life is just part of the reason our patients trust us with their care.

Our expansion project will increase our capacity to care for our patients with more exam room space as well as space for classes and conferences to share valuable health related information. We also plan to design a garden in the small outdoor space to serve as a place of quiet reflection and to promote urban gardening. As a social business, it is important for us to stay financially healthy in order to continue the service we provide.

Unfortunately, delays and additional renovation costs threaten the sustainability of Fountain Medical Associates. That is why I am asking the community for help. With your contribution, you will help ensure that a trusted resource in the medical community remains independent. This is ever more important as personal liberties are threatened and health insurance companies dictate how medicine is practiced. With the additional money that is raised, we can complete the renovations in the office space and also in the rental apartment units, which will provide another stream of revenue to support the costs associated with this bigger & better office space.

We’ve come a long way since our humble beginnings, but we still have a way to go in our quest to build the outpatient “hospital” of the future.

Thanks in advance for your contribution to this important cause.

Click below to make a contribution!

Support Dr. Safiyya Shabazz and the Fountain Medical Expansion Project was last modified: January 19th, 2017 by BJ Blog Staff

Brother Jesse: What inspired the launching of African Genesis Institute? How important is institution building in our community?

Ali Salahuddin: The program started as the d’Zert Club, an organization dedicated to bringing positive entertainment and cultural information to youth in the Philadelphia and surrounding areas. We did a teen dance club, Juneteenth and Kwanzaa celebrations, and things like that. As we got to know many of the youth connected with that program we felt that expanding into education was the next step to helping develop a well rounded child.

Brother Jesse: Why was the motto “It is better to build a child than repair an adult” chosen?

Ali Salahuddin: This was a paraphrase of a saying coined by Frederick Douglas in the 1800’s. We thought it most adequately described the objective of our work since its focus is on children as opposed to adults. Building a child means we are giving him/her all the tools needed to become the kind of adult that will be self assured, self efficient and community and culturally based.

Brother Jesse: Why is the program specifically targeting Black and Latino youth? How many young people have gone through the program and how has it impacted their lives?

Ali Salahuddin: We chose Black and Latino youth for the following reasons:

1. These are the people of our Black community. 2. These are the people who are suffering the most 3. Black and Latino youth, especially boys, are under attack from those who continually lead the effort to keep us down causing the school to prison pipeline and mass incarceration, fratricide, high school dropouts and high unemployment.

Over 3000 students and adults have graduated from our program and traveled to Africa with us.

We have seen the following results: 1. 97.2% of our graduates attend college, many on 4 year scholarships. 2. Academic performance has increased. 3. Scores on standardized tests have increased. 4. School attendance has increased. 5. Respect for elders has increased. 6. Incidences of disruptive behavior have decreased. 7. Since inception (1998), only 1 of our students has been accused of a misdemeanor crime. 8. Since inception, only 2 female students have gotten pregnant before graduating from high school.

Brother Jesse: I read that the program takes students on at least five field trips inside the U.S. and Canada to sites that are relevant to the history of our people in both countries. Why is the component of traveling so necessary?

Ali Salahuddin: Educational field trips are important for the following reasons: 1. There is an old saying that “travel makes you smarter”. 2. By traveling to sites that are relevant to the history of Black people in this country, such as the “Underground Railroad Tour to Detroit and Canada, the students learn of their ancestors’ strength and resilience in their effort to gain freedom. The students also learn of their ancestors’ creativity and ingenuity despite living under harsh conditions. 3. Traveling on these field trips gives us the opportunity to teach the students how to travel in a group, which is much different than traveling as an individual. This is extremely important especially when traveling in a foreign country where the majority of the population does not speak English. 4. Some of our students have never flown on an airplane or eaten in a restaurant. These field trips give us the opportunity to address these issues.

Brother Jesse: You all are on a fundraising drive to take students on another life-altering trip to Egypt. Why is Africa chosen versus other continents? When was the first time you visited there and how did it change your life?

Ali Salahuddin: The African Genesis curriculum traces our history back thousands of years. It is a scientific fact that Black people are the original man and woman on this planet and the Father and Mother of civilization. It is also a fact that Africa is the cradle of civilization. Based on our research, most Black people in America are descended from those ancestors who inhabited the Nile Valley, built the great empires in that region and migrated to the West Coast of Africa escaping persecution. So our curriculum follows that path and the students study the history and the accomplishments of their ancestors in the Nile Valley. Thus, they sojourn to Egypt (Kemet) where they can see with their own eyes what they have been studying during the course of the program. We hope to add an advanced curriculum for youth 15-17 where they will study about and travel to West Africa.

My wife/partner and I traveled to Africa for the first time in 1996 when we visited Senegal, West Africa. Since then we have visited Africa over 20 times and each time we step foot on the Continent we feel the spirit of home and the ancestral energy. That is the change, knowing that we have connected with those who came before us gives us confirmation that our work is important and life altering. We believe that children of African descent must experience that connection at least once in his/her lifetime.

Brother Jesse: For those wondering, why would their donation be a great investment in these young people? What will the students gain?

Ali Salahuddin: Many people in the Black community sit around and lament about the behavior and condition of our young people but offer few solutions. Our position is that in order to change a persons’ actions, you must change the way they think.

The African Genesis Institute positively impacts the way our students think does what the schools are not doing, teaching our youth their true and correct history. Unfortunately many of the parents too are unaware of their true history. The young people in our program are beginning a journey to find their true selves. To real race and self esteem and knowledge that will aid those in all they do. The journey begins here in the USA where they are taught their history but about being healthy, financially independent and self sufficient. The journey continues to the Motherland for it is better to see for yourself than to hear about it a thousand times.

Help African Genesis Institute send a group of inner city youth to Egypt this summer! This will be a life altering trip where they can see with their own eyes what they have been learning about for the past 2 years!

Read more and pitch in @ http://brotherjesseblog.com/help-us-reward-these-hard-working-students-with-their-trip-to-egypt/

Help African Genesis Institute​ send a group of inner city youth to Egypt this summer! was last modified: June 17th, 2016 by BJ Blog Staff

We need your help in sending a group of inner city youth to Egypt this summer. The cost of the trip is $253,000. Our students have raised $244,000 thus far.but We need your help to raise the remaining $9,000 by July 25th.

African Genesis Institute (www.africangenesis2.org) is a Philadelphia based, 501c-3 “school without walls” that produces a 24-month study program for Black and Latino youth between the ages of 7 and 14. Our motto is “it is better to build a child than repair an adult”.

During the 24 month program, the students:

Attend 10 classes at the African American Museum of Philadelphia,

Complete 24 reading and writing assignments from an African history curriculum designed by Dr Edward Robinson, Jabari Osaze and Chike Akua

Make oral presentations

Travel on 5 field trips in the United States and Canada to sites that are relevant to the history of our people in both countries and

Participate in 3 fundraising drives

Once they successfully complete the program, their graduation reward is a free 10-day, life altering trip to Egypt where they can see with their own eyes what they have been learning about for the past 2 years.

What We Need & What You Get

For your generous donation, you will help us take the students to Egypt. They will return primed for future leadership in our communities. You will also receive the amazing gifts listed on this site.

The Impact

The results have been impressive:

Since inception, we have taken over 3000 students to the African continent

There has been an increase in academic performance, scores on standardized tests and respect for elders

There has been a dramatic decrease in absenteeism, lateness and incidences of disruptive behavior

Risks & Challenges

Without you, this year’s trip is in jeopardy! Don’t let the students diligent work go unrewarded!

Other Ways You Can Help

Unable to make a donation in the amounts listed? Please go to our website (www.africangenesis2.org) and make a donation in any amount that you are able. Please share this page and the mission of the African Genesis Institute with you friends and follow us on Facebook.

Help us Reward these Hard-Working Students with Their Trip to Egypt was last modified: June 16th, 2016 by BJ Blog Staff

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